Abstract:
The present research deals with the concept of displacement and transition in The
Wandering Falcon (2011) by Jamil Ahmad, explored through the theory of liminality.
Liminality refers to a transitory and in-between state and a British Anthropologist Victor
Turner’s viewed the liminality as a transitional state between two phases in which
individuals did not belong to the society that they previously were a part of and they were
not yet re-incorporated that society. Ahmad discusses the transitional experiences of the
people living on the Balochi border. Textual analysis has been used as a research method
to interpret and analyze the text. This research discovers the concept of transition and
displacement through the character of Tor Baz as a displaced person, who adopts
different tribal culture to adjust in new place. The purpose of this research is to explore
the sense of displacement of the people residing on the Baluchi-Irani border zone and put
together the Baluchi tribal community and the urban Pakistani society to disclose the
façade of civilization. The significance of this research is to evaluate the tribal societal
system in the Baluchi border region and the liminal existence of the residents. The
research findings reveal the treatment of the government and other tribal hegemonies
responsible for the liminal condition of the people living on border zone of Pakistan.
